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Mfg viewing of .slddrw using eDrawings

Question asked by Kerry Lenort on Jun 5, 2013
Latest reply on Jun 6, 2013 by Glenn Schroeder

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We are making the transition from Auto-Cad to Solidworks. In the past our manufacturing personel accessed our AutoCAD drawing from their station terminals for viewing. The old Auto-Cad drawing contained multiple parts detailed on a single file.

Our new format with Solidworks will be multiple files; Solidworks Assembly and multiple part drawings. The shop has edrawings installed so they can directly access and view our Solidworks drawings.

I have tried adding hyperlinks in the assembly, but they don't work when opened in eDrawings. I see there is a number of SPR's related to this issue, but I feel it is not at the top of Solidworks priority list.

I would really prefer to have the floor be able to access just the assembly file and access the part drawings from there. Any ideas?

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Deepak Gupta Jun 5, 2013 9:31 PM

Not sure how to get the hyper link work. But you can create an excel based BOM with hyperlinks to models and drawings. This way then can open the required excel and further open the drawing they need.

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Kerry Lenort @ Deepak Gupta on Jun 6, 2013 8:36 AM

I tried the excel based BOM and that will not hyperlink in edrawings either. Are you suggesting I save the excel BOM seperate from the drawing and just access the excel document?

I selected the excel based BOM, File/Save As, and hyperlinks that were added are gone.

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Glenn Schroeder Jun 6, 2013 8:50 AM

I just did some experimenting. Instead of giving them the assembly, I believe it would work to create a simple drawing of the assembly with hyperlink notes, and then save the drawing as .pdf. When I tried this the hyperlink was still active in the .pdf file. I tried inserting a hyperlink note directly in the assembly and saving it as 2d .pdf, but the hyperlink didn't work that way, only with the drawing. Anyway, I don't know if this will work for you but it's the best I can do.

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Kerry Lenort @ Glenn Schroeder on Jun 6, 2013 9:24 AM

Thanks Glen, that method works but with alot of hassel. I tried as well doing the following: Created individual .pdf files of each SW part drawing, hyperlinked the item balloons to these part.pdf files in the solidworks assy drawing, and saved the SW drawing as a pdf. This is the end result I would like too see using edrawings viewing the SW files directly.

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Glenn Schroeder @ Kerry Lenort on Jun 6, 2013 9:29 AM

It sounds like that should work OK. I rarely use eDrawings, though they do have some nice features. I save all my drawings as .pdfs because they go out to various clients and I'm hesitant to ask them to download new software that they may not be familiar with.

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Deepak Gupta Jun 5, 2013 9:31 PM
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Not sure how to get the hyper link work. But you can create an excel based BOM with hyperlinks to models and drawings. This way then can open the required excel and further open the drawing they need.
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- Kerry Lenort @ Deepak Gupta on Jun 6, 2013 8:36 AM
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  I tried the excel based BOM and that will not hyperlink in edrawings either. Are you suggesting I save the excel BOM seperate from the drawing and just access the excel document?
  I selected the excel based BOM, File/Save As, and hyperlinks that were added are gone.
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Glenn Schroeder Jun 6, 2013 8:50 AM
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I just did some experimenting. Instead of giving them the assembly, I believe it would work to create a simple drawing of the assembly with hyperlink notes, and then save the drawing as .pdf. When I tried this the hyperlink was still active in the .pdf file. I tried inserting a hyperlink note directly in the assembly and saving it as 2d .pdf, but the hyperlink didn't work that way, only with the drawing. Anyway, I don't know if this will work for you but it's the best I can do.
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- Kerry Lenort @ Glenn Schroeder on Jun 6, 2013 9:24 AM
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  Thanks Glen, that method works but with alot of hassel. I tried as well doing the following: Created individual .pdf files of each SW part drawing, hyperlinked the item balloons to these part.pdf files in the solidworks assy drawing, and saved the SW drawing as a pdf. This is the end result I would like too see using edrawings viewing the SW files directly.
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  - Glenn Schroeder @ Kerry Lenort on Jun 6, 2013 9:29 AM
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    It sounds like that should work OK. I rarely use eDrawings, though they do have some nice features. I save all my drawings as .pdfs because they go out to various clients and I'm hesitant to ask them to download new software that they may not be familiar with.
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